Baptist Origins

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Baptist OriginsAre Baptists Protestants?any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.(originally) any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation.(lowercase) a person who protests.

Principle SuccesionismConcerned with Concepts, Ideas, and TheologyContinuity in thought without historic successionOrganic SuccessionismApostolicBaptismalEcclesialProsHistory of Baptist PeopleEmphasis on EcclesiologyDe-emphasis on EcumenismLittle Recognition of Universal ChurchBased upon Historical VerificationWhat is a Protestant?Organic SuccessionPrinciple SuccessionAnabaptist KinshipEnglish SeparatismFour Major TheoriesOrganized Baptist Churches through the AgesJesusJohnJordanConsAnabaptistKinshipRestoration of ChurchInfluence on English BaptistsBelievers' ChurchProsHistorical BeginningSimilar EcclesiologyLack of Significant EvidenceDenial by English BaptistsJanuary 21, 1525JesusJohnJordanConsEnglishSeparatismMajority ViewProsVerifiable History of Baptist PeopleLack of Preceding Baptist witnessReliance on Historical CertaintyBaptists came from English SeparatistsJesusJohnJordanCons“To Baptists, indeed, of all people, the question of tracing their history to remote antiquity should appear nothing more than an interesting study. Our theory of the church as deduced from the Scriptures requires no outward and visible succession from the apostles. If every church of Christ were today to become apostate; it would be possible and right for any true believers to organize tomorrow another church on the apostolic model of faith and practice, and that church would have the only apostolic succession worth having—a succession of faith in the Lord Christ and obedience to him…Our reliance is on the New Testament, and not in antiquity…for the validity of our church organization, or ordinances, and our ministry.” (Short History, 7).